2006-02-03
Europe for intercultural dialogue
This meeting is the culmination of a series of meetings that have been held with a view to promoting the process of European construction and citizen integration that was started on 26th and 27th November 2004, at a conference held in Berlin on the subject of European cultural policy. The following steps were the meetings in Paris (2nd and 3rd May 2005) and Budapest (17th-19th November last). These conferences have highlighted the importance of the role of culture in building a new Europe.
The central focus of the Granada Conference (27th 28th April) will be the dialogue between cultures inside and outside Europe, in accordance with the Commissions project to make 2008 the Year of Intercultural Dialogue and the departure point will be the fact that culture nowadays is a factor of cohesion, growth, identity, dialogue between peoples and quality of life. The three levels on which interculturality takes place must be taken into consideration: within each country, between the various European countries and between Europe and the rest of the world. We must also bear in mind that interculturality expresses itself in the mobility of persons, collections and the trade of cultural goods and services.
As regards the format, this meeting will be structured in work sessions on the intercultural dialogue between Europe and third parties, paying special attention to the Euromediterranean and Iberoamerican contexts, the participation of civil society in intercultural dialogue, the role of the regions and local corporations in this task and the mechanisms for the exchange of cultural goods, services and agents.
Europe for Intercultural Dialogue is a meeting aimed at professionals and representatives from institutions linked to the world of Culture, at both national and international levels.
Registration for the Meeting is free of charge and does not include accommodation. The number of places at the meeting is limited and they shall be assigned on the basis of the order in which the applications arrive.
Further information: http://www.mcu.es/cooperacion/dialogoIntercul/
As regards the format, this meeting will be structured in work sessions on the intercultural dialogue between Europe and third parties, paying special attention to the Euromediterranean and Iberoamerican contexts, the participation of civil society in intercultural dialogue, the role of the regions and local corporations in this task and the mechanisms for the exchange of cultural goods, services and agents.
Europe for Intercultural Dialogue is a meeting aimed at professionals and representatives from institutions linked to the world of Culture, at both national and international levels.
Registration for the Meeting is free of charge and does not include accommodation. The number of places at the meeting is limited and they shall be assigned on the basis of the order in which the applications arrive.
Further information: http://www.mcu.es/cooperacion/dialogoIntercul/
Posted by Maike Bosselmann, correspondent, Spain, February 2, 2006
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